The differences between the COVID-19 crisis and The Great Depression | AMP Capital

The differences between the COVID-19 crisis and The Great Depression The substantial slump in economic activity triggered by COVID-19, coupled with images of Australians queuing around the block for Centrelink payments, has made some fear The Great Depression II. The optics might be alarming, but the parallels are not particularly strong. Every Australian knows someone, or is someone, who has lost a job, a tenant, a place to live. This is an entirely unfamiliar experience …

Five tips for happy healthy ageing

Five tips for happy healthy ageing The best ways to sustain or improve physical, mental and financial wellbeing in your pre and post retirement years are sometimes the simplest. If you’re in or approaching retirement, you may be surprised to know when it comes to living a longer life and leading a healthier and more active lifestyle, the best methods are often easy tasks you can turn into everyday habits. As Australians have one of …

A modern-day myth exposed: multi-tasking

A modern-day myth exposed: multi-tasking If you have little faith in your ability to do more than one thing at a time, science reveals you’re onto something. Cognitive behavioural researchers shine a light on our inability to multi-task. We simply cannot perform multiple tasks with the same level of skill as when performing one task at a time.i The old adage that women are better at multi-tasking may after all be untrue—or more accurately reflect …

How to Give Saver’s Block the Boot

How to Give Saver’s Block the Boot Are you suffering from saver’s block? If you don’t know if you are or not, we will list two of the most common symptoms associated with saver’s block. Lack of ideas or never ending to-do lists are two symptoms that lead to saver’s block. The most prominent sign that you have saver’s block is that you lack the ability to save money. Money, at this point, is not …